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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
no, that's not quite how it goes.
lake superior discharges down the st. mary's river into lake huron-michigan.
lake huron-michigan discharges down the st. clair river into lake st. clair (with a small amount now diverted down the illinois river to the mississippi due to the reversal of the chicago river a century ago)
lake st. clair discharges down the detroit river into lake erie.
lake erie discharges down the niagara river (and over the falls) into lake ontario.
lake ontario discharges down the st. lawrence river into the gulf of st. lawrence and out into the north atlantic ocean.
hudson bay is not part of the system.
Of course, the vast majority of the water that leaves the great lakes system does so via surface evaporation.
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Yes, that's what I meant to say - St. Lawrence - I had a brain fart.